Late that night, the "outsiders" finally gathered again in the deserted City Hall.
Of course, neither the new nor the former "consul" was among them. Before the other residents discovered that the laws previously in effect had collapsed, they needed to rebuild the most important parts, particularly those prohibiting serious crimes such as murder and robbery. Otherwise, once someone discovered that the relevant "prohibitions" no longer worked, tragedies none of them wanted to see might follow.
Moreover, during the brief disaster, although Nast and Georgina had ultimately prevented the mutated animals from charging into the city and slaughtering ordinary residents, collapsed houses, continuous earthquakes, and stampedes amid the panic had still left a handful of unlucky residents with injuries of varying severity. Some buildings on the city's outskirts had also been damaged.
"Over the long years, Dream City collected quite a few characteristics from Beyonders who wandered in here and became residents. Some naturally formed Sealed Artifacts that can treat the injured residents. The housing was also designed with enough spare capacity that those who lost their homes won't be left homeless...
"But Anne probably won't have time to meet up with us over the next couple of days. Even if she hands most of the work over to... Goredolf, she'll still be run off her feet."
Angel chuckled and explained this to Klein, who was sitting beside her.
From the spot on her palm where the Anne Mark lay, she could sense the resentment coming from the other end of their contract: discomfort at suddenly having so much work after spending too long holed up aboard her own ship, complaints about Angel abandoning her, and satisfaction at being able to demonstrate her worth...
*The bond of our contract seems to have grown stronger. Is it because we're both in